LONDON (AP) -- Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final Saturday night, ending four years of frustration for his team in Europe's biggest tournament.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The New York Yankees have put outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a broken knuckle on his left pinky finger and recalled outfielder Brennan Boesch from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
BOSTON (AP) -- Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Josh Hamilton and Hank Conger homered to back Billy Buckner's first major league win since 2009, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Kyle Busch has shown repeatedly he can win at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the Nationwide and Truck series. The question remains whether he can capture that elusive first Sprint Cup victory.
BOSTON (AP) -- Pinch-hitter Mike Carp drove in the tying run with an eighth-inning double and then scored on a double by Dustin Pedroia as the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.
(NewsUSA) - What would you rather have? Analysts and fans micro-focusing on mundane, soul-draining considerations, like whether LeBron James should compete in next year's dunk contest, or truly great basketball games?
For example, what took place in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 27 is what sports are supposed to be about. Competition, exhilaration and fun. Warriors guard Stephen Curry put on a show with 54 points, including 11 three-pointers. On the other side, Carmelo Anthony dropped 35 point
(NewsUSA) - Saying it's been a positive run for The University of Miami would be an understatement. A balder, more brolic Dwayne Johnson recently hoisted the WWE Championship over his shoulders for the first time in a decade. Then, Warren Sapp was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, Reggie Johnson's tip-in kept Miami undefeated in ACC hoops and five Hurricane alums on the Ravens became world champions while Frank Gore rushed for 110 yards in a losing effort.
Berry Gordy wouldn't offer a music d
(NewsUSA) - Saying it's been a positive run for The U would be an understatement. A balder, more brolic Dwayne Johnson recently hoisted the WWE Championship over his shoulders for the first time in a decade. Then, Warren Sapp was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, Reggie Johnson's tip-in kept Miami undefeated in ACC hoops and five Hurricane alums on the Ravens became world champions while Frank Gore rushed for 110 yards in a losing effort.
Berry Gordy wouldn't offer a music deal to Miami's Sev
(NewsUSA) - In many industries, investment banking for example, when an African-American is hired to a lofty, "running the show" position, it's usually still, unfortunately, a rarity. Such is the case in FBS football, where there are only 15 black head coaches among the 124 colleges.
On the surface, gains are being made. There were only five in 2008. The past few seasons were considered highpoints with the addition of six new black head coaches at FBS schools before the 2010 season.
The hi
(NewsUSA) - Pick a month, any month, and you'll find a festival or special event in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.This resort town next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park really knows how to show you a good time.Every year starts with a mid-January salute to its neighbor with eight days of free activity called Wilderness Wildlife Week. There are classes, seminars, photography workshops, mini-concerts and hikes into the park's 800 square miles of nature at its best.February's big event is most unusual -
(NewsUSA) - If Matt Barkley is fortunate enough to squash Notre Dame's national championship aspirations in his home finale next Saturday, the senior quarterback should diverge slightly from the routine formula of snatching up Tommy Trojan's sword and leading the marching band in their traditional victory song "Conquest."
Instead, the Trojans golden boy should pull a Devon Miles and ask them if they can play some Asher Roth, because in no other locale can Roth's summer anthem 'I Love College',
(NewsUSA) - Basketball and bicycling rank highest for injuries among recreational sports, causing 1.5 million accidents per year. Baseball, soccer and softball follow, each with almost half a million injuries yearly, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Whether you're upping your own practice schedule or you're a parent of a student athlete headed back to school, heeding a few precautions goes a long way.
Here are some tips from osteopathic physician Marcel Fraix, membe
(NewsUSA) - Adrian Peterson has a golden life littered with roadblocks, tragedies, injuries, loss and heartache, but beaming with success. His pops named him "All Day" because he never stops. The hood named him Purple Jesus because he's the No. 1 pigskin peddler on the NFL set. Take his total life experiences into account and he's really The Comeback Kid.
Peterson learned the art of resilience at a young age. He lost his older brother, Brian, to a drunk driver and used football as medication
(NewsUSA) - Last month, Cam Newton was one of two GQ cover boys -- the other was Tim Tebow. The Tebow piece, like so many written about him, was partly an assessment of Tebow's cultural standing. The title referred to him as a "Sunday Savior" and featured pictures, taken during his Florida Gators days, of him in a pose that conjured Jesus Christ on a cross. You get the feeling that, at some point, we're going to start referring to the man as a "Christian quarterback." Meanwhile, in Newton's 2,50
(NewsUSA) - This past summer, many Americans learned about the existence of hantavirus and that the bubonic plague is again present (albeit rare) in the U.S. as cases resulting from these diseases made national news. These shocking and tragic cases were linked to nuisance wildlife, and serve as harsh reminders that many pests are vectors of disease. Because of the health dangers these pests pose, it is important to keep them out of our homes, out of our yards and out of our lives.
Dr. Jorge Pa
(NewsUSA) - We all know the story of Rudy, the undersized legend whose fierce desire to play football for Notre Dame made him one of the school's most famous graduates in history. Rudy has the kind of tenacity you can't help but admire. That's the thing about underdogs, they never give up.
Now that the 1993 movie "Rudy" from Tristar Productions has been immortalized on the shelf as a beloved classic, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger shares the real, no-holds-barred, story in his autobiography "Rudy: My
(NewsUSA) - Notice how many professional athletes have been sidelined lately by concussions?
Experts have, and -- with the problem also affecting youth sports from soccer to bicycling to football -- they're labeling it "a national epidemic."
"Not only are most athletes susceptible to concussions from collisions, but in pro hockey alone there are more than 50,000 'hits' annually -- and too many are serious injuries to the head," says Dr. Ted Carrick, board-certified chiropractic neurologist and
(NewsUSA) - Ahhh ? the sounds of the outdoors. They bring such welcome tones, like wind chimes and laughter from children playing games. However, the buzzing sound of stinging insects is perhaps one of the most unwelcome sounds. For some, this noise evokes fear about being stung, but bees, wasps, yellowjackets and hornets can cause more than just pain. Stinging insects send more than 500,000 people to the hospital annually.
In order to protect against summer's stinging insects, inspect your ya
(NewsUSA) - We all know the story of Rudy, the undersized legend whose fierce desire to play football for Notre Dame made him one of the school's most famous graduates in history. Rudy has the kind of tenacity you can't help but admire. That's the thing about underdogs, they never give up.
Now that the 1993 movie "Rudy" from Tristar Productions has been immortalized on the shelf as a beloved classic, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger shares the real, no-holds-barred, story in his autobiography "Rudy: My
(NewsUSA) - Basketball and bicycling rank highest for injuries among recreational sports, causing 1.5 million accidents per year. Baseball, soccer and softball follow, each with almost half a million injuries yearly, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.Whether you're upping your own practice schedule or you're a parent of a student athlete headed back to school, heeding a few precautions goes a long way.Here are some tips from osteopathic physician Marcel Fraix, member of th
(NewsUSA) - What would you rather have? Analysts and fans micro-focusing on mundane, soul-draining considerations, like whether LeBron James should compete in next year's dunk contest, or truly great basketball games?
For example, what took place in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 27 is what sports are supposed to be about. Competition, exhilaration and fun. Warriors guard Stephen Curry put on a show with 54 points, including 11 three-pointers. On the other side, Carmelo Anthony dropped 35 point
(NewsUSA) - Pick a month, any month, and you'll find a festival or special event in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.This resort town next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park really knows how to show you a good time.Every year starts with a mid-January salute to its neighbor with eight days of free activity called Wilderness Wildlife Week. There are classes, seminars, photography workshops, mini-concerts and hikes into the park's 800 square miles of nature at its best.February's big event is most unusual -
(NewsUSA) - Basketball and bicycling rank highest for injuries among recreational sports, causing 1.5 million accidents per year. Baseball, soccer and softball follow, each with almost half a million injuries yearly, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Whether you're upping your own practice schedule or you're a parent of a student athlete headed back to school, heeding a few precautions goes a long way.
Here are some tips from osteopathic physician Marcel Fraix, membe
(NewsUSA) - Last month, Cam Newton was one of two GQ cover boys -- the other was Tim Tebow. The Tebow piece, like so many written about him, was partly an assessment of Tebow's cultural standing. The title referred to him as a "Sunday Savior" and featured pictures, taken during his Florida Gators days, of him in a pose that conjured Jesus Christ on a cross. You get the feeling that, at some point, we're going to start referring to the man as a "Christian quarterback." Meanwhile, in Newton's 2,50
(NewsUSA) - This past summer, many Americans learned about the existence of hantavirus and that the bubonic plague is again present (albeit rare) in the U.S. as cases resulting from these diseases made national news. These shocking and tragic cases were linked to nuisance wildlife, and serve as harsh reminders that many pests are vectors of disease. Because of the health dangers these pests pose, it is important to keep them out of our homes, out of our yards and out of our lives.
Dr. Jorge Pa
(NewsUSA) - We all know the story of Rudy, the undersized legend whose fierce desire to play football for Notre Dame made him one of the school's most famous graduates in history. Rudy has the kind of tenacity you can't help but admire. That's the thing about underdogs, they never give up.
Now that the 1993 movie "Rudy" from Tristar Productions has been immortalized on the shelf as a beloved classic, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger shares the real, no-holds-barred, story in his autobiography "Rudy: My
(NewsUSA) - Notice how many professional athletes have been sidelined lately by concussions?
Experts have, and -- with the problem also affecting youth sports from soccer to bicycling to football -- they're labeling it "a national epidemic."
"Not only are most athletes susceptible to concussions from collisions, but in pro hockey alone there are more than 50,000 'hits' annually -- and too many are serious injuries to the head," says Dr. Ted Carrick, board-certified chiropractic neurologist and
(NewsUSA) - Ahhh ? the sounds of the outdoors. They bring such welcome tones, like wind chimes and laughter from children playing games. However, the buzzing sound of stinging insects is perhaps one of the most unwelcome sounds. For some, this noise evokes fear about being stung, but bees, wasps, yellowjackets and hornets can cause more than just pain. Stinging insects send more than 500,000 people to the hospital annually.
In order to protect against summer's stinging insects, inspect your ya